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Can you run parallel number 6 wires to feed a 100 amp breaker?
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No, the electrical code only allows #1/0 conductors and larger to be paralleled.
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Why did the breaker trip when you unscrewed a burnt out bulb?
This is a condition that should not happen under normal conditions. In North America the smallest home breaker is 15 amps. If a fault current is higher that the breaker setting the breaker will trip.The only way the breaker could have tripped is, if when screwing the bulb out, the feed wires feeding the light socket turned and shorted out against each other.Turn the power feed off and thoroughly check the feed wires. Make sure that the insulation is good all the way to the terminal points.As a side note, if the circuit that the fixture is connected to is fully loaded to say 13 amps it would only take an additional 2 amps to trip the breaker. If the bulb flashed when you started turning the bulb out, this is most likely what happened.
Which terminal on a 15 amp household breaker does the hot wire feed into and which one does it come out?
On a 15 amp household breaker there is no terminal on the in feed of the breaker. The breaker either plugs into the distribution panel's bus bar or it bolts to the distribution's bus bars. The feed conductor connects to the load side of the breaker at its terminal lug.
Can you run an additional breaker panel parallel to the existing one?
It is not in parallel. You put a breaker in existing panel and use that to feed the subpanel. The Amperage of this subfeed breaker should match the rating of the new panel. For example a 100A breaker might be typical. Remember that ground and neutral are only "bonded" at the main panel. Usually a subpanel has a means to separate the neutral and ground in a subpanel. Be careful since everything about doing this is dangerous.Another AnswerYes, you can have two breaker panels in parallel. If you had a 100 amp panel on a 200 amp service (or increase the size of the service, check with your power company on the size of your service, you could add a second 100 amp panel in parallel with the first. You can have up to 6 disconnects per service, but they must be located adjacent to each other or in the same enclosure. So either install the second panel beside the first or a 100 amp disconnect beside the first panel and feed out of the disconnect to the new panel located where you need it.
How big of a breaker for a 26 amp motor?
Sizing circuit breakers for motors falls into a different category. Because of the inrush of current when the motor is in the stopped position, the breaker has to be sized to allow for this. Breakers usually are 250% of the nameplate full load amp rating. The wires that feed the motor are sized to 125% of the full load amps of the motor.
What size breaker is needed for a 220 v hot water heater?
The wattage of the water tank is needed to size the breaker and the wire to feed the tank.
What are breakers?
A breaker is a device that is used to connect and disconnect the buss bars of an electrical panel to the feed end of wires that feed an electrical load. The function of a breaker is to protect the wires from an overload by the use of an internal thermal trip, and to protect the load and wires from a short circuit by use of an internal magnetic trip.
Can you connect two 3 phase feed cables in parallel to one circuit breaker and if so what will the total output current be?
The answer to the first part of your question is yes but the wire size has to be of a size specified in the electrical code for wires connected in parallel. As for the second part of the question the total current output is governed by the current draw of the load. It is the load current that governs the parallel wire size and the trip capacity of the breaker.
Why did the breaker trip when you unscrewed a burnt out bulb?
This is a condition that should not happen under normal conditions. In North America the smallest home breaker is 15 amps. If a fault current is higher that the breaker setting the breaker will trip.The only way the breaker could have tripped is, if when screwing the bulb out, the feed wires feeding the light socket turned and shorted out against each other.Turn the power feed off and thoroughly check the feed wires. Make sure that the insulation is good all the way to the terminal points.As a side note, if the circuit that the fixture is connected to is fully loaded to say 13 amps it would only take an additional 2 amps to trip the breaker. If the bulb flashed when you started turning the bulb out, this is most likely what happened.
Which terminal on a 15 amp household breaker does the hot wire feed into and which one does it come out?
On a 15 amp household breaker there is no terminal on the in feed of the breaker. The breaker either plugs into the distribution panel's bus bar or it bolts to the distribution's bus bars. The feed conductor connects to the load side of the breaker at its terminal lug.
What is the result on the meter reading of clamping the jaws of a clamp-on ammeter around two wires?
If the two wires are on a parallel feed you would read the current through the parallel feeders. If the two wires are "hot " to the load and return back from the load the meter will read zero. The two magnetic fields that surround the wires when a current flows through them will cancel each other. As a result of this there will be no magnetic induction induced into the sensing coil of the clamp on meter.
What is the result on the meter reading of clamping the jaws of a clamp on ammeter around two wires?
If the two wires are on a parallel feed you would read the current through the parallel feeders. If the two wires are "hot " to the load and return back from the load the meter will read zero. The two magnetic fields that surround the wires when a current flows through them will cancel each other. As a result of this there will be no magnetic induction induced into the sensing coil of the clamp on meter.
How would you go about running an 240 volt outlet?
You will have to buy a 240 V breaker that fits in your electric panel. Look for brand of breaker. It will require two slots in the panel and the panel must support 240 V. You can usually tell by looking at the feed wires from the meter. There will be three thick wires and a ground. Usually Black and Red are the 240. The panel is designed so that every other slot is on a separate leg. There is 120 V between white and either black or red feed wires. A 240 V breaker is wider to bridge two bus bars. There will be two terminals on the breaker. there is 240 V across these terminals. Determine how much current you need and size the wire accordingly. You would need 10/3 + ground for a 30 A current.
Can you run an additional breaker panel parallel to the existing one?
It is not in parallel. You put a breaker in existing panel and use that to feed the subpanel. The Amperage of this subfeed breaker should match the rating of the new panel. For example a 100A breaker might be typical. Remember that ground and neutral are only "bonded" at the main panel. Usually a subpanel has a means to separate the neutral and ground in a subpanel. Be careful since everything about doing this is dangerous.Another AnswerYes, you can have two breaker panels in parallel. If you had a 100 amp panel on a 200 amp service (or increase the size of the service, check with your power company on the size of your service, you could add a second 100 amp panel in parallel with the first. You can have up to 6 disconnects per service, but they must be located adjacent to each other or in the same enclosure. So either install the second panel beside the first or a 100 amp disconnect beside the first panel and feed out of the disconnect to the new panel located where you need it.
What is cross feed and longitudinal feed in lathe?
Longitudinal feed is parallel to the axis of rotation of the spindle. Cross feed is perpendicular.
Do ants eat electric wires?
Some species of ants do feed on electric wires.
I have a Transformer 480 primary 208 secondary feeding 1 200amp mb 42 space panel I need to feed a subpanel 6 ft away I'm thinkin feed through lug at top of bus or at feed through MB suggestions?
The sub-panel need to be fed from the main panel, by way of a circuit breaker connected to one of the breaker locations. Or if your sub-panel has a main breaker installed you can feed from the main panel with a sub-feed lug kit. This looks like a breaker, but is only a point where you can branch off the sub panel.
How big of a breaker for a 26 amp motor?
Sizing circuit breakers for motors falls into a different category. Because of the inrush of current when the motor is in the stopped position, the breaker has to be sized to allow for this. Breakers usually are 250% of the nameplate full load amp rating. The wires that feed the motor are sized to 125% of the full load amps of the motor.
